they are making progress as sandy continues to move out. here in lower manhattan not fully with power yet. they say it won't be until the weekend until they can get most of everyone back online here. i didn't know this, i'm originally from california they're bringing in utility workers from across the country including california to this area, 4,000 of them from out of the region to help them get this power back online. the issue that you have is in places like connecticut there are so many downed trees. it's not like something that they can string up a line quickly. they have to go through each one of these areas. new jersey, the devastation there. people are not even going to be able to go back to those homes for several days either. >> eliot: the good news about cables above grounds you can see when they've been damaged and you can get to them quickly. bad news, the trees bring them down. underground, bad news, water can get to them. you're from california so we'll end this by saying thank you to the californians for coming to help us ou